151 Indian Mythological Stories

Taraka was a beautiful daughter of a demi-god named Suketu. She was married to Sumali, a demon king. She had two sons named Mareech and Subahu and a daughter named Kaeksi. Due to sage Agastya’s curse, she was turned into an ugly man-eater demoness. As a revenge, Taraka along with her sons had started harassing […]

Sage Vishwamitra lived in Dandaka forest. He regularly performed prayers, yagyas and yoga with many other sages. But the sages had a great fear of demons who always disturbed them and created great nuisance. Sage Vishwamitra had realised that the demons could not be killed without the Lord’s support. Fed up with the demons, one

During those days, hunting was a great passion for all the Kshatriyas. So, Rama as a prince loved hunting too. He took Bharata, Shatrughna, Laxman and other close friends with him and regularly went hunting in the forests of Ayodhya. Whenever they went on such a hunting expedition, Rama travelled on horseback and his dearest

One day, Rama and Laxman saw a girl walking with a huge nose-ring. The brothers thought of a mischief. Laxman shot an arrow. While the girl was walking, the arrow came next to her nose and started pouring some mystical substance on the nose-ring, which became so small that it got stuck on her nose.

When Rama and his brothers had grown enough, King Dashrath called sage Vashishtha. The sacred thread ceremony of all the four princes was performed by the sage. Then, Rama and his three brothers were sent with sage Vashishtha for teaching. In very little time, the princes were perfected in education, courtesy, goodness and morality. Carrying

Lord Rama was being brought up in the palace of Dashrath along with Bharata, Shatrughna and Laxman. He played many different games in the palace with Bharata, Shatrughna, Laxman and other friends. One day, Dashrath called Rama to eat food while Rama was playing. But Rama did not leave his friends although he heard his

One day, when Lord Rama was a baby, mother Kaushalya bathed him, dressed him in a beautiful dress and ornaments. After this, she made Rama lie in the cradle. Then she took a bath herself and went to worship the Lord. After the worship, she offered prasad to the Lord. When she was done with

King Dashrath was very happy at the birth of his sons. In his happiness, the king distributed desired gifts among the people of Ayodhya and to those who came to him to ask for something. The king and the queens were enjoying the best part of their life with the princes. Many days passed like

Once in Ayodhya, there lived a king named Dashrath. He was a great devotee. He had three wives, Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. But he did not have any child. So he went to sage Vashishtha. The sage suggested him to do a putreshti yagya. During the yagya, lord Agni appeared before Dashrath. He gave a

Once, there lived a blind couple who had a son named Shravan Kumar. Shravan carefully looked after his parents. One day, his parents wished to go on a pilgrimage. Shravan took a bamboo pole with a basket at either end. He placed his parents in two baskets and carried the basket on the shoulder. While

Once, king Manu and his wife Shatrupa became frustrated with worldly matters and went to Naimisaranya to stay in a hermitage. In their hermitage, the couple led a very strict life, each standing on one leg, and inhaling no air. They remained in this state of meditation for ten thousand years. Their bodies had become

One day, a robber told his family that he brought money by robbing people. His family got furious and threw him out of the house. On sage Narada’s advice, the robber prayed for many years, and the Lord gave him a new name, Valmiki. On morning, he set out for his bath on the banks

After the Mahabharata war had ended and Yudhishthira was crowned the new and rightful king of Hastinapur, there were celebrations all over. Krishna bade farewell to the Pandavas and returned to Dwarka. He ruled over Dwarka for thirty-six years. Then suddenly madness seized the residents of Dwarka and they started killing one another. Only women,

One day, sage Narada asked Krishna why he had so much attraction for the gopis when he had so many queens to look after him and care for him. Krishna told him that it was so because the gopis were the true devotees of him. Narada could still not understand this. Seeing the puzzled face

During Kurukshetra war, as the armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas stood face to face on the battlefield, Arjuna suddenly looked at the opponents and realised that he was fighting against the people whom he loved and respected the most, namely Bhisma, Dronacharya and Kripacharya. Even if he won, his victory would be futile.